Honor Society® member
Archita Sharma
research assistant at Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), India
- Texas A
- biomedical engineering
- Class of 2025
- Bryan, TX
Member since December 2022
About
I am a Ph.D. student working in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University alongside Dr. Feng Zhao in the Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Lab. My research will currently focus on fabricating advanced biomaterials for treating acute and chronic wounds. I have multi-sectoral research experience extends across Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicines, and Biomaterials. I have a record bunch of publications and conference presentations.
Technical Skills:
-Tissue Engineering: Cell culturing includes cell lines like human dermal fibroblasts (hDFs), human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), and macrophages (THP-1). Stem cell isolated exosomes, RT-qPCR, Immunofluorescence, Histology, Cytotoxicity, Western Blot, RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis.
-Imaging: Zeiss Fluorescence Microscope, Olympus Histology Slide Scanner, Olympus Confocal Microscope.
-Imaging and Data Analysis Software: ImageJ, Olympus Confocal microscopy software, Olympus histology slide scanner, Li-COR Western Blot, GraphPad Prism, OriginPro, BioRender.
-Biomaterials: Elastin extracellular matrix (ECM)-mimicked peptide hydrogels, Covalent Organic Nanosheets, Micro-patterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) for mimicking skin architecture.
Education
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Panjab University, India
bioengineering: biotechnology
2016 – 2018
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Jaypee University of Information Technology, India
bioengineering: biotechnology
2012 – 2016
Honors and awards
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American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects 2022 Scholarship
American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects (ASIE) strives to encourage young students of Indian origin to pursue engineering and architectural studies.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Research and Development (R&D) Industrial Healthcare Sector
- Graduate school interests
Research interests are (1) to develop advanced and novel bioinspired tissue-engineered constructs for treating acute and chronic wounds due to various health disorders such as diabetes and (2) to fabricate advanced biomaterial as a drug delivery carrier for treating chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, and vascular ulcers
- Outside the classroom
Reading books/Novels, Sketching, Music, Yoga, Movies
Experience
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research assistant
Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), India
May 2019 – Aug 2021
Volunteering
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International Student Representative of BMEGSA@TAMU Secretary of AEMB@TAMU
Texas A&M University
Jun 2022 – Jun 2023
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
